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Michael Powell

Michael Powell

Director 26 / Writer 20 / Actor 8 · 1929 – 2024 · 🎬 54 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Michael Latham Powell was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger. Through their production company The Archers, they together wrote, produced and directed a series of classic British films, notably The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), A Canterbury Tale (1944), I Know Where I'm Going! (1945), A Matter of Life and Death, Black Narcissus (1947), The Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffmann (1951).

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Rez Ball

Rez Ball

writer

2024

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

actor

2024

When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story

When Truth Isn't Truth: The Rudy Giuliani Story

actor

2023

Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris

Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris

actor

2003

Archangel

Archangel

actor

1990

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The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

actor

1985

Age of Consent

Age of Consent

director

1969

Bluebeard's Castle

Bluebeard's Castle

director

1963

Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom

actor

1960

Peeping Tom

Peeping Tom

director

1960

Ill Met by Moonlight

Ill Met by Moonlight

director

1957

Ill Met by Moonlight

Ill Met by Moonlight

writer

1957

The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate

writer

1956

The Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate

director

1956

Oh... Rosalinda!!

Oh... Rosalinda!!

director

1955

Oh... Rosalinda!!

Oh... Rosalinda!!

writer

1955

The Tales of Hoffmann

The Tales of Hoffmann

director

1951

The Tales of Hoffmann

The Tales of Hoffmann

writer

1951

The Elusive Pimpernel

The Elusive Pimpernel

writer

1950

The Elusive Pimpernel

The Elusive Pimpernel

director

1950

Gone to Earth

Gone to Earth

writer

1950

Gone to Earth

Gone to Earth

director

1950

The Small Back Room

The Small Back Room

writer

1949

The Small Back Room

The Small Back Room

director

1949

The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes

writer

1948

The Red Shoes

The Red Shoes

director

1948

“The Red Shoes” Sketches

“The Red Shoes” Sketches

writer

1948

Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

director

1947

Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

writer

1947

A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

writer

1946

A Matter of Life and Death

A Matter of Life and Death

director

1946

I Know Where I'm Going!

I Know Where I'm Going!

director

1945

I Know Where I'm Going!

I Know Where I'm Going!

writer

1945

A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale

director

1944

A Canterbury Tale

A Canterbury Tale

writer

1944

The Volunteer

The Volunteer

director

1944

The Volunteer

The Volunteer

actor

1944

The Volunteer

The Volunteer

writer

1944

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

director

1943

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

writer

1943

49th Parallel

49th Parallel

director

1941

Contraband

Contraband

writer

1940

Contraband

Contraband

director

1940

The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad

director

1940

The Spy in Black

The Spy in Black

director

1939

The Edge of the World

The Edge of the World

actor

1937

The Edge of the World

The Edge of the World

writer

1937

The Edge of the World

The Edge of the World

director

1937

The Man Behind the Mask

The Man Behind the Mask

director

1936

Her Last Affaire

Her Last Affaire

director

1935

The Night of the Party

The Night of the Party

director

1934

Rynox

Rynox

writer

1931

Rynox

Rynox

director

1931

Blackmail

Blackmail

writer

1929

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